Perspective

I took one of those quizzes in Facebook and found out that this will be a year of Perspective for me. Not that I put faith in the little quizzes, but this wasn't the first time 'perspective' has come up.

It is so easy to get caught up in all the little things (and big things) that aren't right in your life. That energy drags you down until you believe you don't deserve anything good. But just when I find myself caught in that trap, I become aware of someone who would be grateful to be where I am - a place that I'm not happy with at the moment.

Its hard for me to look toward the future and know that God will provide and I will be fine. Some days I may face obstacles, but in that very same, difficult day, I have blessings that far surpass the obstacles. To me perspective is recognizing those blessings and not dwelling on the obstacles.

I have been doing a lot of reading lately and came across this snippet:

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart

and try to love the questions themselves.

Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be

given you because you would not be able

to live them. And the point is to live everything.

Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then

gradually, without noticing it, live along some

distant day into the answers.

--Rainer Maria Rilke, LETTER TO A YOUNG POET

Be grateful for all the small things in your life. I guarantee you that if it were all taken away today, it would be those small things that you miss most of all. Sunshine, wind on your face, a private shower, hugs, a comfortable sweatshirt. Don't miss the blessings, of which we all have many.

Welcome!

Welcome to the first post on Toby Talk, my little picket fence piece of the internet.

Here in Kansas we are having our second Hoar Frost of the week - its really pretty rare. We also had a Blue Moon this month so maybe something special is going on.

I always have so many things to say and no where to say them. Lucky You can now share them.

Chris and I bought a 2 story 1894 Brick Building in downtown Sedalia. Chris is living and breathing that building right now while I enjoy the comfort of heat and a bathroom at my mom's. I stayed there Sunday night and it was tolerable. It is so exciting to see something that seemed doomed and know that we can breathe new life into it.

It would just be a little bit easier with some heat :)

There is always hope and healing

My purpose in sharing this journey is to help other women, who may be on the verge of an escape of their own, to realize they need help before its too late. It is also intended to inspire women who feel that their life can’t get any worse and they have no hope for a future.

There is always hope. It is possible to heal from anything, no matter how utterly devastating. That doesn’t mean your life will be as it was. In fact, I can guarantee it won’t. But it can be better. It can be okay.

I believe that it is when we are at our lowest, our deepest darkest point of despair, that we are able to hear God. That’s when we are truly blessed.